Hi all! I was cleaning out Sapphira, Tango and Brutus' tanks this evening. Just to see what Sapphira would do, I set her cup in Shadowfax's tank for a second. Would you believe she started flaring at Shadow? I couldn't believe it! Minus the beard however, she looked exactly like a male. She had her gill flaps completely out, and Shadowfax was flaring back at her in return.

Now I know she is definitely a female, due to her egg spot, but for a split second, it had me concerned! She doesn't have the male beard though. But she certainly looked good! Talk about feisty!

You know young males can have the egg spot too.... tricky little buggers Bettas are! LOL I saw your pics of her before tho and she is definitely a female. If she doesn't have the under beard gill flaps then she's a girly girl all the way. Also are her ventrals short? My females flare at each other every once in a while. Then I got a "CT female" from Petco and it (I am 99%sure) turned out to be a male... I'm thinking some sort of CT PK... He's really cute. Anywho. it's so cute when the girls flare! Sounds like Saphira is doing great with you!

I just looked back at your last pic of her. 100% lady that one! Just don't ever be fooled by the egg spot. I learned that the hard way... lol

You know young males can have the egg spot too.... tricky little buggers Bettas are! LOL I saw your pics of her before tho and she is definitely a female. If she doesn't have the under beard gill flaps then she's a girly girl all the way. Also are her ventrals short? My females flare at each other every once in a while. Then I got a "CT female" from Petco and it (I am 99%sure) turned out to be a male... I'm thinking some sort of CT PK... He's really cute. Anywho. it's so cute when the girls flare! Sounds like Saphira is doing great with you!

I just looked back at your last pic of her. 100% lady that one! Just don't ever be fooled by the egg spot. I learned that the hard way... lol

Every description I've read of female bettas fits her to a T, so I'm 100% positive she is a female. Her ventrals are very short! I love it when she relaxes them so they hang down. :) She's just so cute.

There is no think about it, I tried her out.. she didn't last two minutes before she was back in a cup. She had bitten three girls in that time, and I don't mean fin chasing or biting, I mean she bit the body.

It wouldn't be anytime soon with her, and the more I see about her personality, the more I've pretty much decided she won't be suitable for sorority life. But that's ok, I'll just keep her separate, like I do with my boys. :)